You may have noticed that I LOVE to use beautiful resist card stock designs in my art, I may be a tiny bit addicted! The reason that I love this is because it looks simply stunning when used in combination with Starburst Sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang! The last time I posted a resist card I had quite a few people ask me about the paper I used - which happened to be discontinued :( This can be a bit... Read more →

This will be a little unusual for me in that this is a simple idea and it's not just that I think it's a simple idea, but it's actually really easy. Now the reason I've done this is because several times a year we all need to make bulk cards - I don't know about you all but I dread this! So today I will show you how to make a gorgeous background that I've chosen to use on a... Read more →

I know it's nowhere near Halloween - but this card has been waiting in the wings for a while and I just had to post it :) Even if you don't like Halloween - you will have to LOVE the Albrecht Durer Watercolor pencils from Faber Castell - just watch the clip - they are amazing! Why do I like these delicious pencils so much? Well firstly you can use them as a pencil to get a huge variety of... Read more →

Hi everyone! Today I’d like to share a few ideas which combine to produce a super sparkly , magically stunning card a little like this..... SUPPLIES Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals from the Mad Hatter Set - Cheeky Cherry and Curiouser Chartreuse Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio - Curiouser Chartreuse Lindy’s Stamp Gang Glitters - Brocade and Chartreuse Double sided sticky shapes (I made mine using dies from Memory Box and a double sided adhesive sheet - I used a sheet... Read more →

The colour palette for the April Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge is very fresh and reminds me of spring, so what better theme than blue birds! While I sometimes find these challenge palettes, well challenging! - this time I had a ball and I used the entire colour palette on this one card and I do love how it looks - let me know what you think about it! This card turned out pretty darn cute if I say so... Read more →

When I post little things off to people I'd often like to include a simple Thank you or Thinking of You card - but for the most part all I have are elaborate birthday cards made with friends or family in mind. I just don't make that many simple cards suitable for a Thankyou. So my challenge today was to make some clean and simple and FAST cards (a real challenge for me!) that I could use as needed. Well... Read more →

This is my Rose Quilt card using scraps and offcuts from other projects. I decided to use the March Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge as inspiration for this one and have chosen the soft rose pink and the dark champagne as my base palette with green as an accent. Now when I say I made this card from scraps I'm serious, I constantly have a little pile of scraps I can't seem to throw out, the end of ribbon rolls,... Read more →

This month's Lindy's Stamp Gang colour challenge has colours that remind me of winter (it might have something to do with the photo for the challenge!). I decided to try a card based on a square design, with a flower in the middle and I've used the colours of pink, light blue, white and accented with gold. If you're planning on participating in the challenge this is the challenge colour combo. This is the card I've created for the challenge,... Read more →

I saw an amazing card on Pinterest recently, and I adored the idea - it was a red button heart on a piece of craft card - you can see it here on my Pinterest board. So I set about making something similar - and FAILED DISMALLY! I don't know why but I am truly horrible at using someone elses' design! Even if I follow it exactly - mine never looks as good as the original, I just physically just... Read more →

OK - I kind of have a love/hate relationship with handmade Christmas cards. I LOVE the idea of sending my crafty friends (and my Mum and Dad!) a handmade card to show how much I appreciate them, the handmade touch really adds something special. I HATE (read here loathe with a burning passion) making to exact same thing, 20-30 or 40 times - over and over and over and over. So when you have to make the same thing over... Read more →

OK - not sure how many of you follow the Copic Oz blog but recently the massively talented Kathy Jones posted am amazing idea showing her take on a 'Living Card', this idea totally appealed to me and I HAD to try it! The following is my version of a faux living card. What I used: Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays from the Mad Hatter set: Tea Pot Purple and Mad Hatter Mint Embossing Powder from the Mad Hatter set:... Read more →

The crew over at Lindy's Stamp Gang are really excited to introduce the August color challenge! It is our hope that we encourage you to try new color combinations, and introduce you to new Lindy’s Stamp Gang colors! So the rules: Help us spread the word! Share our color challenge graphic in your blog post and link to the Lindy’s Stamp Gang blog http://lindystampgang.wordpress.com , where the challenge can be found. For every 50 people that enter, we’ll have one... Read more →

The crew over at Lindy's Stamp Gang are really excited to introduce the October color challenge! It is our hope that we encourage you to try new color combinations, and introduce you to new Lindy’s Stamp Gang colors! This is my example for the October Challenge - now I really did just use the colours shown, but some of my Magicals mixed a little creating new shades so it looks a little altered from the original colours of: Witchs Potion... Read more →

The crew over at Lindy's Stamp Gang are really excited to introduce the September color challenge! It is our hope that we encourage you to try new combinations, and introduce you to new Lindy’s Stamp Gang colors! This is the project I created using the September colours - Dark purple, Light Purple, Dark Green and Pinky-peach.... What I used: Lindy's Stamp Gang Products: Magicals: French Lilac, Cosmopolitan Pink, My Mojito Green, Green with Envy Green, Cocklebells Coral, Witch's Potion Purple... Read more →

I am so excited to be playing along with Team Friday from La-La Land Crafts for their Summer CHA release - thanks Irina! I simply adore steampunk and when Irina asked if I'd like to join in with the DT gals for this special release there is no chance I was going to say no. The new stamps, dies and shapes are available now, so head over to your local stamp store and put in your order. For those of... Read more →